NO , NO, AND NO AGAIN

 MONDAY - Saw a camper van for sale £3800 it is  VW Transporter Leisure drive 1.9 tdi on a 2005 plate mot until April next year .Pictured below 

Then we saw another listing that we are driving over to see tomorrow it is a Ford Transit 2.5 diesel with 60,000 miles on the clock and will have a years mot put on the van before it is sold that is £5,795 .nearly £2000 more than the VW and five years older is it worth the extra 2k .

TUESDAY - Went to view the camper van directly above you think the person selling it would clear out the previous owners crap vac the carpets clean the paintwork clean the cab .No they couldn't be arsed it was a pigsty .Some trim was missing from one of the doors , the roof had a bad scrap to the front slope it was very disappointing a big no. The other van was also a no you had to pay upfront it got delivered at a further cost of £120 you had ten days to either love or hate it if hate it they would pick it back up and give you your money back no fcuking way having a giraffe .

WEDNESDAY - Messaged the seller of this van it was in Matlock the gentleman selling a stand up guy but once again you could have washed and clean the van before letting people view it it is high milage which could be lower than what is shown they had a replacement  speedometer fitted  with the wrong mileage so its is going to be another no also the pop top had the bed bit missing so its only function was to give you head room .We go view another van tomorrow a Ford Transit h2 not sure if it is mwb or a lwb .

CHINA IN YORK

 FRIDAY - Went over to Dobcross garden  centre which means are favourite drive over Saddleworth moor I try and not rush always like to see the reservoirs see how full or empty they are .We bought some more solar lights a string that we put up a few weeks ago  had broke .Break up my last shift I have nine days annual leave .

SATURDAY - Went to  a Tesco superstore Barnsley bought a few food items and the ingredients for a pizza using nan bread for the base .

SUNDAY - Went to see Helens parents her cousin Sharon meet us there we all went to Maxi's Chinese restaurant a few miles away I ordered the crispy duck , soft noodles and curry sauce for starter I had chicken and sweetcorn soup we also shared prawn crackers and prawn toast the service and food wa sexcellent the bill for five of us £150 roughly thirty pounds a head the interior and design was very authentic well worth a visit . 

MEGA BREAKFAST

 SUNDAY -Helen working all day she was finished for around half past five booked a table for half past seven  at one of the Vintage Inns we have eaten there before .We got to the restaurant ordered drinks when they came to take our order for food there was literally nothing left apart from ham and chicken pie , belly pork and vegan dishes we ended up leaving we was not charge for the drinks although I didn't drink mine as it would mean when we went elsewhere I would not have been able to have another pint '

We ended up going to the Wetherby Whaler as time was running out we got fish and chips I got a pint of Magners problem solved .

MONDAY - Looking forward to Friday as I break up from work a whole nine days off and the weather is getting hot again so hopefully  more BBQ's in the pipeline .

TUESDAY - Was up a hour late had a shower took the dogs out had to take Helen to Slaithwaite for her eyebrows doing at 10.45 .Decided to go to the Albion farm shop at Dobcross we bought the usual Scotch eggs , pork pie , steak and ale pie white and brown flat bottom breadcakes .We decided to go to the café section for an all day breakfast which was way too much food did my best I did have Helens black pudding as well  .England beat DR Congo 2-1 in the world cup .

COOKING WITH FIRE

 SATURDAY - Cooler today with a very nice breeze blowing which is making it well chilled .Picked up a 200w heater fan from Screwfix I got a strange look from the sale assistant asking if I knew it was a heater fan I said I did jokingly I told him it was not hot enough it was 26 centigrade and rising I was even sweating when I made this comment simple fact turn the heater off and  it blows cold. Helen was in getting her nails done when the technician had the same fan and Helen said it was running really cold and the shop was way chilled hence why we bought one. 

Went to the tip got rid of a load of rubbish from Helens shed along with some garden waste and domestic waste.

Went to Fox Valley change my two pairs of shorts I bought them in XL instead of  L I.am a slim bastard not. Bought some meat to barbeque chicken . ribs , burgers sausages and of course chicken .

Went to Aldi bought some strawberries , choc ices for the hounds some Franks  hot sauce and more fresh fruit and cider  . Went home dusted of the barbeque grill and filled it with charcoal and firelighters and set fire to it using my blow torch .

FISH , ICE AND SHORTS

 WEDNESDAY - Working next week then a week off also got a week and two days in August hopefully the weather is still as hot as it has been this week .

THURSDAY - Washed the car again going to try and keep it 80% clean that's a very light dust and,  grimme , no heavy marks mud or bird poo it is nice when the sun is hot using a hosepipe it is easy to keep cool no guesses how .

B TIME

 THURSDAY - Washed polished vacuumed the car interior and exterior even under the hood and boot no matter how much time and effort that  I spend to detailing it it is  never going to like its just been driven out of the car showroom for the first time the hardest to clean being the alloy wheels and tyres and maybe the carpets in the foot wells , anyway it is looking shiny black which in my eyes is job done good .

FRIDAY - Went to Fox Valley bought a pair of swim shorts/Bermudas just in case the weather improves fingers crossed it will .

SATURDAY - Fitted the new rubber pull boot handle  you have to unscrew the old handle that is left in after it snapped pop the boot liner pull the old out put the new one in push the plastic boot panel back in place and screw the new handle in place a ten minute job .

SUNDAY - Helen went up Pule hill for the summer solstice with her friends and her cousin Sharon she had flowers in her hair and some facial transfer tattoos .

Late in the afternoon we went over to my daughters house for a Fathers day barbie it was a glorious sunny afternoon perfect for outdoor cooking and eating it was very nice to catch up and chill out best way to end the week thanks to Josh for being head cook and my daughter for doing all the prepping .

ON THE COAST

 SATURDY - Went to Helen's parents in Acaster fitted the water butt to one of the fall pipes had to go to B&Q get two new brackets for the fall pipe it is only holds a 100 litres of rain water not much all considered .It might have been better under the window less chance of it getting blown over on the corner is risky but that's were they wanted it .

SUNDAY - Took the dogs to Seaham we was meeting up with Martin , Katie  and Sharon .On the way stopped at McDonalds had double sausage McMuffin hash browns and a banana milk shake took out and  saved a sausage Patties for the dogs . Got to Seaham mid morning we   parked up where we did on our  last visit .Walked down to the beach the dogs didn't seem to mind the pebble beach parts are sand but more pebbles than sand at one point both dogs got their feet wet in the waves that were rolling in. After spending a good four hours there collecting more sea glass and Hag stones that's the pebbles with the hole that goes right through. 

From here with Sharon following in her car  we headed for Kettleness beach we was going to see a waterfall but we couldn't get down to the beach from were we where parked so we went to Scarborough we parked at the harbour it is  free parking after six and walked to the grand hotel all along the beach front .We went out on the veranda of the hotel and I took some pictures of Scarborough bay which thousands of other people must have took over the years .

From Scarborough we went to Sandsend to the Fish Cottage for fish and chips we sat on the picnic tables out side to eat them they were ok they had sold out of bread cakes but the curry sauce was good and the service ok the fish could have been bigger but after being out all day smelling and tasting the sea air they tasted fine .

The dogs were not eating we took food and their food bowls with us along with fresh water they were not wanting their food or even their treats they had water at every stop but food no .They were both extremely well behaved in the car they are silent they don't jump around although they are secured using their harness and seat belts with clip in straps that then go to the lead attachment loop on their harness .

The final destination was Rudston in Driffield to see a massive monolith the tallest prehistoric standing stone in the U.K is 16 metres tall with 8m's going in to the ground and 8m's above the ground to keep it securely upright and is roughly 4,000 years old and is located in the grave yard of All Saints Church in  East Yorkshire .

HOW NOW BROWN COW

 FRIDAY - Last day of my two weeks annual leave and it is still raining typical .My Daughter the seasoned traveller is now in Milan for a short three night break will come back Monday .

Going to Slaithwaite to HD Seven  to get our hair cut amazing the sun has put in an appearance for how long who knows hopefully all day and throughout the Weekend .We did get to sit on the patio for a couple of hours before the weather changed .Planted the two small Acer trees we bought a few days ago into the wooden half barrels.

Watched the new Guy Ritchie film "I n The Grey " 10/10 a real good action film does Guy ever make a bad film .

SATURDAY -Have a guess that's right it's raining  but that does not make going back to work easier I knew when I had two weeks off going back would be a nightmare well Monday is looming .

Went to Tong garden centre bought two bags of pea gravel and another bag of compost no Acers no plants going to a garden centre and leaving with no foliage does not happen never ever first time for everything . 

SUNDAY - Took the dogs out in between the rain starting and stopping decided to go to the Brown Cow at Ackworth around fifty minutes away we saw a review come up on Facebook and it looked decent so we decided to go for Lunch table was booked for three thirty .The food was very good no complaints reasonably priced atmosphere sound quite a few people eating be awhile but would eat there again one day .My Daughter took the train to Switzerland for  day out .